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The New Windsor Police Department conducted holiday patrols in the commercial areas of town during the month of December 2020, said Deputy Chief Michael Farbent.
This increased patrol initiative consisted of uniformed officers in marked police cars, as well as less obvious patrols of detectives in unmarked police cars.
The patrols occurred in and around the Vails Gate commercial area, as well as other strip mall and convenience store locations in Town, Farbent said.
"The overall purpose of these highly visible holiday patrols is to deter robberies and larcenies from occurring and to increase the overall safety of shoppers in town," he said.
The patrols proved to very successful again this holiday season. In the commercial areas where the patrols occurred, there were no robberies and only four larcenies reported for the whole month of December, Farbent said.
Additionally, all four larceny cases resulted in an arrest and they were all shoplifting related.
“Historically across the country, law enforcement sees an increase in robberies and larcenies during the holiday season and we simply will not allow this to happen here," said Police Chief Robert Doss. " I think it is so very important that people coming to New Windsor to visit our businesses feel safe, and I think we accomplished this."
It should also be noted that these patrols were conducted at no additional cost to the taxpayers.
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